Clothes-line holder.



J. NEFP, s11. CLOTHES LINE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1912. RENEWED JULY 21, 1914.

1,121,030. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnion.

JOHN NEFF, sa, or wnsr l-IOBOKEN, NEW annsnY.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented'Dec. 15,1914.

Application filed. July 25, 1912, Serial No. 711,519. Renewed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,313.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN NEFF, Sn, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Hoboken, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and. Improved Clothes-Line Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel clothes line holder, which besides sustaining the inner clothes line pulley, assumes the additional function of a guard, that checks the operator from falling out of the window.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a window provided with a clothes line holder embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a horizontal section thereof; Fig. 3 a vertical section; Fig. 4 a detail of part of a sash slide showing the countersunk bracket, and Fig. 5 a vertical section on line 5--5, Fig. 4.

The device comprises essentially a hook or I keeper having a straight shank 11 of considerable length, which is pivotally secured to a window sill 12 by a staple 13. Shank 11 passes loosely through the transverse aoerture of a bar 14, so that the latter is slidable upon the shank. Bar 14 is adapted to be removably supported by the window frame in a horizontal position at a suitable elevation above the sill, so that it forms an effective barrier against falling out. The means for supporting the ends of the bar comprise a pair of brackets 15' which are countersunk into the outer sash slides 16.

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Above these brackets, slides 16 and outside beads 17 are grooved transversely to form ways 18 for the admission and withdrawal of bar 14. Thus by swinging bar 14 upward and passing its ends through Ways 18 intov the outer sash sides 16, the bar will become firmly seated upon brackets 15, while hook 10 is simultaneously raised. The inner clothes line pulley 19 being secured to hook 10, the line 20 can be freely manipulated,

wthout endangering the operator, Whose un? due leaning out of the window is checked by bar 14. By securing said bar Within one of thesash slides, the bar is tilted inward from top to bottom (Fig. 3), so that the pulley is thrown well into the room in front of bar 14 and the inner end of the line is thus readily accessible. If the device is not to be used, bar 14 is raised along shank 10, unseated from brackets 15 and swung through ways 18 outward and thence downward together with the hook, so that the sashes may be freely operated, while all.

strain is taken off the line.

I claim:

A clothes line holder comprising a hook, means for pivoting said hook to the bottom of a Window frame, a bar slidable on the hook, and means on the window frame for removably supporting said bar.

. JOHN NEFF, SR.

Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRIEsEN.

KATHERYNE KooH.

addressing the Commissioner of .Patents, 

